Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts. We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s. propublica.org/article/propub…

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. (Pub. 2021) propublica.org/article/the-se…

Strong piece by Seely Swan Pathfinder editor (& former Montana Free Press wildfire reporting intern) Keely Inez Larson about some of the wildfire mitigation projects halted in NW MT due to the fed funding freeze & Montana Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation's stop work order. $450k in that area alone. #mtpol #mtnews

Some news on the Dr. Thomas Weiner story. I've confirmed that a criminal inquiry is underway. Still, the state of Montana has renewed his medical license. w/ Montana Free Press

Honestly, it's nice to work for a news organization that doesn't do opinion at all.

By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino had spent months investigating for-profit psychiatric hospitals. They soon found her story epitomized the crisis inside these facilities.

Hearst cannot arrive in Austin soon enough to wrest the Statesman away from Gannett formerly known as GateHouse. Using once robust local newspapers to create viral click farms to sell networked digital advertising is not an audience-focused strategy.

Gun lobbyists gave Cambridge Analytica a trove of data on gun owners derived from warranty cards, voter rolls, hunting licenses and other sources. Here’s how Cambridge used the info to drum up support for the gun industry’s preferred candidates. propublica.org/article/gun-ow…

.Keri Blakinger's astonishing short documentary film, I AM READY, WARDEN, is up for an Oscar tonight. So proud of you, Keri!! 🏆 imdb.com/title/tt315569…

DC is a funny place. One day, you're 21, living in a group house in georgetown. You've got a 40-something year old random roommate and you're not quite sure why he lives there? but he's out of town a lot Fast forward, he's the head of USAID. And the trips suddenly make sense

An effort by Senate Republicans to shut down projects they call “woke” would end not just diversity programs but vast fields of research on social science, climate change and medicine. One scientist called the censorship “very frightening.” propublica.org/article/ted-cr…

End of an error. Gannett can't spell name of paper it just sold. It's the Austin American-Statesman. Not the Austin-American Statesmen. Glad to see Gannett leave town. Expecting better things from new owner Hearst. Austin Statesman news.google.com/search?q=Ganne…

Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-friendly politicians in the Senate. propublica.org/article/gun-ow…

ProPublica just obtained a remarkable directive to those remaining at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then ... "Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism. propublica.org/article/propub…

New: The Montana hospital that fired Dr. Thomas C. Weiner turned over thousands of pages of documents, but members of the board say they were unaware of them. propub.li/4bTHQJR

Oh, hi, Texas! Sure miss y’all #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

What a headline, ooof.

NEW: “They don’t want oversight. They don’t care about civil rights and civil liberties.” Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Civil Rights Office Freezes 600 Cases propublica.org/article/homela… J. David McSwane Hannah Allam

We don’t need a conclave. Hear me out. Conan O'Brien